Alison Joy Williams

BandAmericanaBlues

A dynamic blend of Traditional and Contemporary American and Blues with hints of country and rock. Singer, Songwriter, Story Teller. Alison is engaging on stage. She draws you in with her soft love songs but can hit you hard with her huge dynamic range.

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Biography

Top of the charts,, Sold out shows,,,Alison Joy Williams is a contemporary Blues/Americana artist currently dividing her time between Nashville Tennessee and Stuttgart Germany. She has spent the better part of her life moving around the world and finding places to sing in every kind of venue for audiences both large and small. From Festivals with over 5000 attendees to acoustic cafe's Alison's vocal style has a way of making you feel every note and word of her songs. She's got power, range and knows how to use them. Her most recent cd Another Thousand Miles released in late 2012 was an exploration into the Americana genre and is a look into a softer side of Alison's range as a writer and artist. This cd has already gotten the attention of radio stations world wide with some wonderful reviews. Alison's cd Love All Of Me released to radio in 2011 through Airplay Direct and ran up their Blues charts in the first week remaining in the top ten for over twenty weeks as well as spending three weeks at number one. As a follow on from her first cd Blonde Hair Blues, with Love All Of Me Alison again brought her wide range of styles to this project giving you an enjoyable ride into the very heart of who she is.

Does That Make You Happy

You walked in like you had something to sayYou looked at me in a unusual wayWhy so disappointed the sun shines over your headDon’t put this on me blame the wrong side of the bed

Come on over hereLet me try and make it betterMake your worries disappear We can talk about foreverYou’ve been wondering what I’m thinkingHoping that I’m dreaming of youDon’t be silly, you’re the only one for meNow does that make you happy

As I recall when I tucked you in ( held you close) last nightIt seemed to me everything was more than fineSomething must have happened did I talk in my sleepAnything I might have said you can’t hold against me

Come on over hereLet me try and make it betterMake your worries disappear We can talk about foreverYou’ve been wondering what I’m thinkingHoping that I’m dreaming of youDon’t be silly, you’re the only one for meNow does that make you happy

Does that make you happyYeah does that make you happyOh what makes you happyI know how to make you happy

Love All Of Me

I can give it to you roughOr I can talk prettyTake it slow like molasses Down in MississippiI can make up a mess of the best fried chickenBut come Saturday night you better get me out of that kitchen

I’m a little bit a little bit of everythingKeep making that listI’m checking off what you needYour a good good man And you better believeSooner or later your gonna love, love all of me

I know love can be hard But Baby take it easyOne day at a time Is all it takes to please meI’m your love song under the covers when the rain is coming downAnd what you don’t know now I’m sure you’ll figure out

I’m a little bit a little bit of everythingKeep making that listI’m checking off what you needYour a good good man And you better believeSooner or later your gonna love, love all of me

break

I’m a little bit a little bit of everythingKeep making that listI’m checking off exactly what you needYour a good good man And you better believe

Wishing

I hear an old dog barkingA siren wailingHear that clock a tickingWish I could get some sleep

Been tossing and turningHear my man snoringFor thirty years he’s had good rhythm But lately it’s a givenFriday nights ain’t what they used to be

Oh I’m sliding down hill on the sands of timeLike a speeding car on a gravel road Honey it should be a crimeBut it’s a waste of energy wishing for what will never beThese days I’m only wishing for what I needThese days I’m only wishing for what I need

I know a lot more than I used to I know mostly what not to doI know a lie from the truthWish I had more money in the bank

But that paycheck still keeps comingOld pickup keeps on runningThis old world just keeps turningSlowly I’ve been learningIt’s a gift when death and taxes have to wait

Chorus

Wish I had more of Momma’s faithFew more hours in the dayBut I’ll settle for a simple jokeAnd a glass of chardonnay

Oh I’m sliding down hill on the sands of timeLike a speeding car on a gravel road Honey it should be a crimeBut it’s a waste of energy wishing for what will never beThese days I’m only wishing for what I needThese days I’m only wishing for what I need

Witch Of The Bayou

On a dirt road deep in the swamp, where the cyprus and moss hang lowJimmy left me standing there, after I told him what he had to knowI heard something coming through the water, I was scared till I saw that boatThe witch of the bayou, said come child and I’ll take you home

She sang,Listen to the croak of the gatorsWatch your fingers and toesWhere the snakes are creepingOnly the Hoot Owl knowsOh, the water runs down to the GulfAnd the storms bring it back againOh, oh, the Bayou can be your friend

Jimmy showed up with flowers, said he wanted to apologizeMama was afraid I’d believe more of his pretty liesHe said he had a pretty good plan, put some money into my handsThen cold as ice he headed for the water and he jumped right in

Chorus (she heard)

BridgeI screamed when I saw that gator but Jimmy never turned aroundThere was nothing I could do as he went downOh, the water runs down to the GulfAnd the storms bring it back againOh, oh, the Bayou can be your friend

The witch of the bayou she came up without a soundSaid don’t worry about that boy, he’s with your Daddy now

Chorus

Call her the witch of the bayouCall Her the witch of the bayouCall her the witch of the bayou

Let Me Love You

I’m never gonna say all the words I need to sayI’m never gonna do all things that I should doNever gonna be everything I’d like to beBut I still have you

Never gonna see again through the eyes of a childI might never get the chance to dance through fields that grow wildBut I’m never gonna want to change the way I feel Like I do for you

Cause I do, I do Love youI will, I have, so much left to do So let me love you Let Me Love You

I’m never gonna know all the wonders of the worldI’m never gonna have a day that I can’t cryI’m never gonna always live with out a lieBut I will try for you I will try

Cause I do, I do Love youI will, I have, so much left to do So let me love you Let Me Love You

I might never live to be a hundred yearsI’m never gonna forget all my fearsBut I’m never gonna get the chance to regret My time with you, My time with you

Cause I do, I do Love youI will, I have, so much left to do So let me love you Let Me Love You

I’m never gonna say all the words I need to say

Sadie's Mind

Written By: Alison Joy Williams, Daniel Gossett

This white curtains cover the windowsShe can see out but you can't see inRomance novels stacked in the cornerReads about places she's never been

Some day she'd like to ride on a carouselWith thoughts like that oh she laughs at herself

chorusWhen the postman smiles he could be her loverHe never says he belongs to anotherShe still wonders how or when she discoveredThat fireflies dance in the garden every summerAnd she wanders away when the clouds bring rainOh no no Sadie's mind won't ever change

Her mood it changes with the seasonsShe sheds a tear for the leaves the wind forgotCold white snow and ice are a dangerCause it make her think of all the things she's not

Some day she she'd like to float on down to the seaIt's thoughts like that she's finding harder to leave

And the post man will never be her loverBut he won't say he belongs to anotherShe still wonders how or when she discoveredThat fireflies dance in the garden every summerAnd she wanders away when the clouds bring rainOh no Sadie's mind won't ever changeNo no No Sadie's mind won't ever changeSadie's mind, mind won't ever change

Set List

1. Blues Sure Get Me2. Does That Make You Happy3. I Know Him4. Love All Of Me5. Lets Go To Bed6. I Dont Feel7. Its All About Me8. Hey Mister9. I Only Cry On Sundays10.Wishing11. Listen Up Close12. Wish I Did13. Now You've Met Lonely14. Sweet Memories15. Something to Lose16. Daylight Lover17. I'm So Happy18. Everywhere but Here19. Witch of the Bayou20. Blonde Hair Blues21. House of the Rising Sun22. Seven Bridges Road23. Make Me An Angel24. Black Velvet25. Angels Can't Fly26. Tied To Ghosts27. Let Me Love You28. Faith Will Come Around29. Another Thousand Miles30. Maybe Today31. The Picture32. Home Is Where We Are33. Sadie's Mind34. When The Saints35. Ain't Nothing But A Thing36. What Goes On In The Dark